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I TN What " Happy Land" can I see you after the ,_ "Opera?" 1 on'y know of One HAPPY LAND in which a Gentleman may Sup—EVAISS', COVENT -DARDEN, my dear fellow! jjINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRIS LI WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. aSold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by te Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. „. O hserve the Red S ea l, Pi n k Label, and Cork branded l unEtban's LL Whisky." THE GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY. Office, Horseferry-road, Westminster, 6th April, 1861. IDO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that, pur suant to the Bth Bye-Law of this Company, HENRY WILLIAMS CHISHOLM, Esq., ( e of th e proprietors of this Company, h as g i ven me no ti ce 1 ,1 1. 11 " t in. of his intentionto stand for the office of an Audi tor at the ' Elec ion, appointed to take place at this Office, on TUESDAY. the 19th instant, at Twelve o'clock preaisely. By order, JOHN ORWELL PHILLIPS, Secretary. THE WEST OF ENGLAND WOOLLEN MANUFACTUEING COMPANY (Limited). Fred DIRECTORS. k D. — , gg, Esq, Spring-mount, Champion-hill. S. ohn Britten, Esq. (Messrs. Britten and Co.), London - wall , London, E.C. Lieut.-Gen. Carmichael, C. 8., llyndford House, Brompton, &NV. If Edmonds, Esq., J.P., Berryfield, Bradford - on - Avon. ar shall Hall, Esq., J.P., Barri 4er-at-Law, Blacklands .r.Park, Caine, Wilts, and Temple, E.C. „,_B, Phillips, Esq., Rawtel,stall, near Manchester. ▪ a..os. Early smith, Esq. (Messrs. Early and Smith, Woollen Merchants and Army Clothiers), London, N E. ~,f r H. Watts, Esq, Woollen Merchant, Leeds. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Parke and Pollo k, 63, Lincoln's-inn-fields, W.C., LOndon. BROKERS. Items. Froom Brothers, Change-ares, Cornhill, London. BANKERS. The Alliance Bank (Limited), Lothbury, London. The capital invested will be turned over at least four titres a Year, so that a profit of 25 per cent. per annum may be safely ea Ciliated on. Prospectuses forms of application, and every information. eau be obtained at the offices of the Company, 28, Corn.hitt, London, THE WEST OF ENGLAND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURING COMPANY (Limited). aprlication for Shares will be received after "ONDAY, the lit) inst. _ _ By order, R. BULGIN, Secretary. London, 28. Cornhill, April 4, 1864. T HE INTERNATIONAL LAND CREDIT _ COMPANY (Limited). Capital Eight Millions, With power to increase. First issue £6,000,000, in 300,000 Shares of £2O each, of *which 250,000 are subscribed for on the Continent, the re maining 50,000 being reserved for England. £1 deposit on Application, £1 on Allotment. There will be two Calls of £2 eacb during the present Year, after which it is not expected that further Calls will be made. DIRECTORS. ENGLISH BOARD• Chairman—GEOßGE WOR MS, Esq., Director of the General Credit and Finance Company of London ( Limited). Sir Stuart Alexander Donaldson, Director of the General Credit and Finance Company of London (Limited). Lord Robert Cecil, M.P. Colon e l t h e Hon. W. Patrick Talbot. Sir James Emerson Tennent. CONTINENTAL BOARD. Adolphe Dechamps, Ministre d'Etat, Ancien Ministre des Affaires Estrangeres, Membre de )a Chambre des Repri]sentants. Pierre de Decker, Ancien Ministre de ' Int erieur, Membre d e l a Chambre des Representants. Co mte d'Hane-Steenhuyse, Proprietaire. Conte de Liedekerke-Beaufort, Membre de la Chambre des Representants. Andre Langrand-Damonceau Proprietaire. Edouard M erc i er , Mi n i s t re ' d'Etat, Ancien Ministre des Finances. Allabonse Nothomb, Ancien Ministre de la Justice, Membre de la Chambre des Repre sentants. Marquis Theodule de Hodes, Proprietaire. Comte Adhemar du Val de Beaulieu, Proprie taire. Comte Ignace van der Straten-Ponthoz, Fro prietaire. Ferdinand Schaefer, Directeur-en-Chef de la Banque de C redit-Foncier et Industrie], Vienna. BANKERS. I°ll€loll —The General Credit and Finance Company of London (Limited). Er ussels—Banque de Credit-Fonder et Industriel. Vienna—The Branch of La Banque do Credit•Foncier et Induetriel. Faris —The Branch of La Banque de Credit-Foncier et Industriel. A msterdam—La Societe Generale de Commerce et d'ln dustrie. Perth—The Hungarian Mortgage Bank. Bruxelles. SOLICTORS. Messrs. Bevan and 'Whiffing. Messrs. Baxter, Rose, Norton and CO. BROKERS. Messrs. Laurence, S , n, and Pearce. Messrs. J. and A. Scrimgeour. OFFICES. The General Credit and Finance Company of London (Limited), 7 Lothbury. SECRETARY, PRO TEAT. Edward Hamilton Anson, Esq. PROSPECTUS. This Company is based upon existing institutions on the Continent, which have been already worked with signal success. The founders of the International Land Credit Company have previouly established— In Belgium, La Banq'ie Hypothecaire Beige and La Banque de Credit •Foncier et Industriel (the Belgian Mort gage Bank and the Bank of Industry and Land Credit). In Holland, La Banqe Hypothecaire Neerlandaise (the Netherlands Mortgage Bank). In Austria, the Vindobona Mortgage Assurance Com. Pany. TheY have all prospered. The success they have met 'with is established by authentic documents. It may be said, without exaggeration, that the results are brilliant ; for these Companies have produced to their Shareholders an av erage dividend of 20 per cent., and some of them much more. The experience acquired by the working of these Com panies has led to the conclusion that, in order to give full development to the principles which have proved so auc ellsful, it is desirable to found a Central Company of an int ernational character, the main functions of which should be, to raise capital by the issue of bonds and " lettres tie g a ge" in the great money markets of Europe, to be em rclred through associated local Companies ia purchases of a nd, or l oans upon rea l p ro p er ty, in countries where the ate of interest is high. La Banque Hypothecaire Beige, acting on this prin etPte, and established nearly three years ago, has, with a Vefinal capital of £480,000 only, succeeded placing on the i",e_igitea market alone such an amount of " lettres de gage , ' themselves its shares with £6 paid have risen to and maintained n emselves at £lB. b The capital raised in Belgium at 4 and 0, per cent. has been employed principally in Austria, through La Banque de uredit Foncier et Industrie], which has a branchgat Vi enna a completely organised, with a staff thoroughly tj' rs „ed in Austrian affairs; and it is shown by the books of • .kjempany that of all its operations of purchase and sale A ustria, not one has realised less than 20 per cent., after d eductin g all expenses, while generally they have reached 26 Per cent. . ; Such being the result of Companies limited to the Bel money market for raising capital, it is evident that still greate r results may be obtained by forming an Inter national Company, with a share capital large enough to fac ilitate the placing of bonds and " lettres de gage" on the money markets of England, France, Holland, and Ger many, as well as of Belgium. Accordingly, the present Company has been founded, ender the English Law of Limited Liability, and with an _uffice and Direction in London, as well as at Brussels; ar f,Pfgenients have been made with the Banque Hypothecaire 'eige for a complete fusion, while a treaty has been con cluded with the Banque de Credit-Foncier et Industrial, Which ensures the benefit of their experience, and a large and profitable business from the commencement, a mini- Uinta dividend of 11 per cent. on the paid-up Share Capital being secured in any event, as the result of the first year's Working. It is also proposed to enter into an arrangement with the Vindobona. This Society, which has existed at Vienna for five years, and has a capital of 10,000,000 florins, gua rantees the regular payment of interest upon mortgage debts, as well as the principal when due. By this means, all the business done in Austria will be rendered perfectly secure. The Vindobona is in the most flourishing state, It has Paid the first year 6 per cent., the second 12 per cent., the third 15 per cent., and at the next meeting it is expected it Will distribute 25 per cent. Particular attention is called to thia Point. This guarantee is one of the features which essentially distinguishes this Company from other Land- Credit Companies. Siz pounds (a) per share will be called in the course of t he present year, inclusive of the payment of £1 each on a pplication and allotment ; after which, it is not expected c:„ t z a lly further Calls whatever will be made. The Share -I .tal paid up will thus be £1,300,000; and the profit t e nured for the first year under the above arrangements will fro m further increased as additional Capital is raised gagesl4 year to year by the issue of Bond and "lettres de and as the securities of the Company become natu ralised fl on the chief money-markets of Europe. l 2f the amount of £6,000,000 Capital now issued, £ 5 , 000,000 e - iOOO Shares have been taken and paid upon on the v rtinent and 50,000 Shares are reserved for England, of tft 1 5000 are already subscribed, and 35,000 are offered the public by subscription at tha General Credit and I,,f,ance Company of London (Limited). he Articles of Association of the Company, duly regis 4hi London on 11th February last, under the Act of p erue , e l d ie . at the Offices of the Solicitors, where they may be . 0............• TO , he Di recl'OßM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. ° 'tors of the International Land Credit Company (Limited). 4 Ge ntlemen,—Having paid into your Bankers the sum of in 41_ e I request that you will allot me Shares International Land Credit Company (Limited), and r oa n . thY agree to accept the same, or any less number that the " 3 allotted to me, and to pay the Calls in respect of vac Shares so allotted when due; and I authorise you to of baY name on the Register of Members for the number Shares allotted. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full .. Profession or occupation Address Date r INE - EMBARRASSED in Town and Country tu t ,„,6l!ould read "THE PLAIN GUIDE TO BANK- Ie g aCY AND COMPOSITIONS," showing what can be t ree o y done, and the exac t cos t. To be had gratis and post Et Nt l% tr• Wetherfield, Solicitor of the Court , 25, Moorgate , b . —4-'eots s. eoOTCred Ott oommioolo, walnut law ex to client No. 22,397. T. , PERSONS SEEKING LANDED LATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER TIES GENERALLY — To RE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and 11. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of ;this Register affords, by sending the particu'.ars of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible char& ter, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attenuant incon veniences. TIIERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur cnaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. VENEZUELA GOVERNMENT SIX PER CENT. LOAN—EI,SOO,OOO. In Bonds of £5OO, £2OO, and £lOO. THE GENERAL CREDIT AND FINANCE COMPANY OF LONDON (Limited) Beg to announce that they are authori =ed by the Govern ment of Venezuela to offer to the public a Loan for that State, to the extent of £1,500,000 nominal Capit Al, upon the follow ing terms : The Bonds will be issued for sums of £5OO, £lOO, and £ 00 each. They will bear interest as from the Ist October, 1801, at the rate of six per cent. per annum, with Coup ms attached, payable halt-yearly, on the Ist April and Ist October. at the Offices of the General Credit and Finance Company in Lon don, in sterling, or at the Offices of Hes srs. Salomon Oppen heim, jun., and Co., Cologne, in thalers, at the exchange of the day. The price of issue is £6O per £lOO Stock, and payment will be required as follows : £5 on application. £lO on allotment, less £3 half-year's interest accrued. £l5 on Ist June. 415 on Ist August. £l5 on Ist September, less £3 half-year's interest accrued, due Ist October. £6O Discount at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum will be allowed on pre-payments in full, making, with allowances, the price of cssue under £55. In case of non-allotment, the deposit will be returned, Should a less amount be a lotted than that applied for, the deposit will be made availab e towards payment on the allotment, and the balance, if any, returned to the applicant. The object of the Loan is to effect a settlement of the general financial condition of the country, to assist in mak ing roads and improved communications, inland and coast wise, to pay off some existing claims, and generally to develope the agricultural resources and industry of the country, The Loans. Interest, and Sinking Fund are secured by a special hypothecation of the whole export duties leviable at the ports of the Republic, La Guayra, Puerto Cabello, Mara caibo, and Ciudad Bolivar. These are warranted by the Go vernment as wholly uncharged (or that, if any claims can be substantiated, they shall be met out of the proceeds of the Loan), and as producing more than sufficient to meet the charge of the present Loan. The produce of the Export Duties last year is stated to have been £221,500, and an in crease is expected. In the event of anydeficiency, the amount is to be made good by a further special hypothecation of the uncharged import duties at all the ports of Venezuela. The consent of Earl Russell has been obtained for the col lection of the duties • o hypothecated by her I , i ajesty'a Consuls at he several Ports, associated with the Company's Agents, and the requisite amount will be transmitted twice a month to the General ere tit and Finance Company of London. Out of the same, £120,000 a-year will be applied to the pay ment of the interest and redemption co' the debt, as follows : £90,000 to be applied in the first instance to the payment of the interest. £lO,OOO to a sinking fund ; this amount being augmented periodically by the interest on benda that shall have been bought up or redeemed. The sinking fund shall be applied to the purchase of Bonds in the open market, it th. price is at or below par, or to their redemption by lot in the usual way, if above l ar, year by year until the whole shall have been paid off. The first pu:chase or redemption to take place Ist October, 1864. The documents relating to the authorisation of the Loan, and the ratification of the same by the Constituent Assembly of Venezuela, under date 14th January. 1861, with Notarial translations, are open for inspection at the offices of the Ge neral Credit and Finance Company, 7, Lothbury, where applications for the Bonds, in the annexed form, will be received. Applications will also be received by the London and West minster Bank ; By the Union Bank of London ; _ And at Cologne, by Messrs. Salmon Oppenheim, jun., and Co. ; Amsterdam, by Messrs. Lippmann, Rosenthal, and Co. Prospectuses and Forms of Application may be had at 7, Lothbury, and of the Brokers. London, 7, Lothbury, April, 1861. FORM OF APPLICATION. VENEZUELA GOVERNMENT SIX PER CENT. LOAN. To the General Credit and Finance Company of London (Limited). Gentlemen, —I request that you will allot to me in the above Loan, on which 1 have made the required Deposit of 5 per Cent on £ and I agree to accept that amount of Stock, or any less sum that may be allotted to me. and to pay the further instalments thereon, according to the terms of the prospectus. I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant. Usual signature Name in full Profession Address THE ORIENTAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION (Limited). Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862," with Limited Liability. Capital, £1,000,000, in 20,000 Shares of £5O each. (With power to Increase.) First Wile 10,000 Shares. Deposit on Application £1 per Share, and X 4 on Allotment. Calls not to Pxceed .D 3 per Share, and at intervals of not less than three months. DIRECTORS. W. C. Brown, Esq.. Richmond, Surrey, Deputy Chairman of the Joint-Stock Viscount Company (Limited). . W. H. Smith, Esq. (W. H. Smith, Barry, and Co.), Lon don and Calcutta. Major-General Clarke (late Commissioner of Revenue in 0 ude), Norwood. John Brown, Esq. (late of Grant Smith and Co., Calcutta), Culvers, Hadham, Herts. J. P. Cornforth, Eoq, London and Liverpool (and of J. P. Cornforth and Co., Bombay). W. B. M. Lysley, Esq., Director of the Bombay Gas Com pany, Queen's-gardens, Hyde-park. Stephen Clark, Esq., London and Madras. It. Russell Carew, Esq., 26, Westbourne-terrace, and Car penders-park, Watford. BANKERS. The Mercantile and Exchange Bank (Limited), 4, Lom bard-street, and 41, Mincing-lane, London ; and 17, Brown's-buildings, Liverpool, and 35, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow. AUDITORS. Messrs. Johnstone, Cooper, Wintle and Co., Public Accountants, SA, Lothbury. SOLICITORS. William F. Farmer, Esq,, 17A, Sise-lane, Bucklersbnry. Messrs. Andrew, Atkins, and Irvine, 5, White Hart-court, Lombard-street. BROKERS. Messrs. George Eurnand and Co., Lombard-street, London, Messrs. Taunton and Co., Liverpool. SECRETARY (pro tem.) R. D. Jacob, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 1, White Hart-court, Lombard-street. PROSPECTUS. The object of this Company is to promote Financial, Commercial, and Industrial enterprise in India and the East by the applieation of English capital, for the legiti mate and remunerative employment of which there is ample and constantly extending scope. The success of the operations of the Financial Companies in England has now been satisfactorily proved ; and a similar institution, adapted especially to the requirements of the East, and combining on its direction the needful experience, will have a field for profitable operations equal, if not superior, to any other. The Corporation will act as General Financial Agents, will make advances on approved securities, and will pro mote the development of the internal resources of the countries in which it may operate, by assisting in the establishment of sound industrial undertakings and enter prises. The Corporation will also undertake on commission the investment of funds placed in its hands, either in the pur chase of property, or in landing it out on mortgage and other securities. It will receive deposits at rates to be agreed upon; and it will take powers to issue bonds or obligations on the security of its mortgages and subscribed capital. The revenue of India has risen in a few years from £26,000,000 to £47,000,000, and the aggregate import and export trade during the same period has more than doubled itself. The increasing development of her natural produc • tions, and the successful cultivation of tea, coffee, and other staple articles, together with the high rates there current for money, compared with those upon which it can be bor rowed in this country, make the opening very favourable for the establishment of a Company of this description. Powers will also be taken to extend the operations of the Corporation elsewhere as may be found expedient. Arrangements are in progress by which the bubiness may be speedily commenced. Prospectuses and Forms of Applications for Shares may be obtained at the Temporary Offices, or of the Brokers or Solicitors. The Memorandum and Articles of Association may be inspected at the Offices of the Solicitors. In the event of no allotment being made, the deposits will be returned without deduction. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Oriental Financial Corporation (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid into your Bankers the sum of £ I request that you will allot me Shares in the Oriental Financial Corporation (Limited), and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any less number that may be a►lotted to me, and to pay the Calls in respect of the Shares so allotted when due ; and I authorise you to place my name on the Register of Members for the number of Shares allotted. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full Profession or Occupation .. • • Address Date THE ORIENTAL FINANCIAL CORPORA TION, Limited. Notice is hereby given, that the SHARE LIST of this Company will he CLOSED on MONDAY NEXT, the 11th instant, for London, and Tuesday, 12th, for the country, By order, R. D. JACOB, Sec. pro tern 1, White Hart-court, Lombard-street, April 6, 1864. MADAME RACHEL begs leave to say that ladies who would preserve their bea u ty an d youth should use Madame RACHEL'S CIRCASSIAN WASH. It removes all discolourations from the complexion, and renders the skin lair, soft, and brilliant. The great name she bears will be a sufficient guarantee that it is tree from imperfec tions. All artic'es bearing the above name are dangerous and spurious 11111014 obtained. at Madame Enters, 47A, NOV Bond-street. ,~~~e g ~,~r~~ • ~ i . :::17 . .4 -•... . A . . 1 " 4 '?• 3 "+,l', -.........t.,„ ', ,- : 1,10 , '''. 7 ', •-, iq ~,, 75 4,„ : ( 1........._...... , 4 , ..,. ' . . , .......... _......." (1. • 1,7w-4-..-4,1, "9P" , rii - , ~, , . ° -- 1, -.ll'-'44111 , 10 ,' , ti lliiii '-. 4 .;5.- ... 7:---- ' , Ckfl ',,, , vi l ltilt - - ~.- t v alal 4,t.1 1, : _, AO -5 , ' ,... . _ , .:A.',r ' LITE • lorr• ' i -....?-- 1 I , '.f• • tf ---- _ T•HE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 1864, ITOME AND COLONIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY (Limited). FIRE, LIFE, AND MARINE. Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1E62. Capital .C 1,000,000, in 20,000 shares of £5O each. (With power of increase.) First issue, 10,0/0 shares. Deposit, £1 per shire on applica tion and £4 on allotment. It is not intended to make any fin ther call. FURNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stook to select rom, displayed in Showrooms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. CLERGYDIEN and GENTLEMEN A1301.7T TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and . are publishing an entirely New Edition o f their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illusttated by4lo ?Attn.-able engravings of every description of Furniture and ,6easteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gi atis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised talc ' A Six-roomed Parsonage L74 3 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomea ditto A Twelve-roomed ditto MR. MAC DONALD'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in Three Vols., ADEL A CATHCART. By GEORGE DIAL DONALD, M.A., _ _ . . Author of " David Elginbrod," &c. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. DIRECTORS. William Frederick Baring, Esq , Director of the Bank of Hindustan. Stephen Busk, Esq., Director of the Merchant Banking Com pany. William Duth'e, Esq, Director of the Standard Bank of Bri- tish Sout Athol Hay, Esq. (Bell, Rennie, and Co.', Leith. Clark Irving, Esq., Hyde-park-square. James Lyall, Esq. (Lyall, Rennie, and Co.), Calcutta. James M‘Master, Esq. (late of William AVAla,ter and • Brothers), Toronto and Manchester. Brins'ey - De Courcy Nixon, Esq., Queen's-gate-'zardens. John Paterson, Esq., Director of the Alliance Bank. Felix Pryor, Esq. (of the late firm of 11. and J. Johnston Together with a Mee List of purified Bedding, aad a mass of valuable informationto all requiring. househild furniture, Firpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford, Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington, Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, W . Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great COB BETT and CO„ General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London, S.E. and Co.) _ John Swindell. Esq. (Swindell and Matthews), Mincinz-lane. Wiliam Patrick Adam, Esq., M.P., Blair Adam, Kinross- shire. Henry Thurburn, Esq., 5, Queensborough-terrace. BANHERS. London The Alliance Bank, Lothbury. The Consolidated Bank, Fenchuroll-Etrect. Liverpool The Alliance Bank. Manchester The Alliance Bank. CLERICAL. MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 13, St. James's-square, London, S.W. The Consolidated Bank. SOLICITORS. Flux and Argles, Mincing-lane. BROKERS. J. and J. Whithead,B,lllGorgate-street. Temporary offices-1, East India-avenue. Es: ablished 1824. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. CREDIT SYSTEM.—On Policies for the whole of Life, where the age does not exceed 60, one half the Annual Pre miums during the first five years may remain on credit, and may either continue as a debt on the Policy, or be paid off at any time. LOW RATES OF PREMIUM FOR YOUNG LIVES, with early partiotp.tion in Profits ; and considerably reduced rates for Assurances without participation in Profits, and for Term Policies. ENDOWMENT ASSURANCES may be effected without profits. by which the sum assured becomes payable on the attainment of a specified age, or at death, whichever event shall first happen. INVALID LIVES may be assured at Premiums propor tioned to the increased risk. PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS.—Claims paid thirty days after proof of death. THE ACCOUNTS AND BALANCE SHEETS are at all times open to the inspection of the Assured, or of persons proposing to assure. THE ASSURANCE FUND, already accumulated and in vested on real and Government Securities, amounts to One Million Three Hundred and Eighty-six Thousand Pounds. THE REVERSIONARY BONUS at the Quinquennial Division in 1862 averaged 48 per cent., and the Cash Bonus 28 per cent., on the Premiums paid in the five years. The next Division of Profits will take place in January, h 67. PROSPECTUS. This company is forme I w: h the special object of uniting into one strong institution, with its chief office in London, numerous small local and colonial instittr ions, requiring con solidat on and additional strength and resource. The principle of so uniting oinaii colonial i.atituifons has been most successfully applied to colonial and foreign bank ing companies ; and as London is becoming daily more and more the great "clearing house" of the ommercial world, the different colonial insurance offices have experienced the absolute neces ity of being effectually represented there, and this representation they now realise can only be ful y secured, as in the case of the colonial local banks, through amalga mation with some London company of ample means and com manding general confidence. The directors of the Home and Colonial Company have been applied to by shareholders in these companies to estab lish sue t London institution, and are now in treaty with several very successful colonial insurance offices, either for entire amalgamation, on very favourable terms, or for that beneficial reciprocity . of agency which will at once secure to the Home and Colonial Assurance Company a most valuable, safe, and lucrative business as a co-operative assurance com pany. It may be mentioned, as indicative of the success of the colonial insurance companies, that their selling prices range from 1 0 to as high as 1,000 per cent. premium, and the increase of insurance busines a in the Australian, South African, Canadian, and Easte , n settlements is at a rate of progress which has no parallel in European countries. The principle of assuring investments made through the comp ny's agencv—a principle so -uce,essfully ca"ried out by colonial offices—will enter as anew feature into he objects of the "Home and Colonial Assurance C mpany ;" and as is i a numerous agencies in all parts it will possess pecu iar facilities for making assured investments for individuals in sound foreign and colonial securities, the Directors confi dently anticipate, from the agency and insurance charges in this department of their business, a very large and steady revenue to their shareholders. While, however, the Home and Colonial Assurance Com pany will specially direct its attention to foreign and colo nial business, it will not neulect at the same time to cultivate a home business—a department which will be greatly fos tered through its colonial connection. It will also, as a Fire Assurance Company, share in that large increase of fire in surance business here, which may be expected to follow the anticipated abolition of the heavy and impolitic stamp tax at present imposed on nolicies or insurance. No promotion money given in connection with this Com pany, and the Directors' remuneration to be left to the share holders. ' Applications for hares to be made in the following, form, copies of which and of the prospectus to be had of the solici • tors, or brokers, or acting secretary of the company. Tables of Rates and Forms of Proposal, and the last Re )ort showing the financial position 01 the Society, can be oh mined from any of the Society's Agents, or of GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Sevetary. THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SOCIETY (Limited), and the ANGLO-AUSTRIAN BANK, are prepared to receive Subscriptions for the Capital of the LEAIBE ttG-CZEILSOWITZ RAILWAY COM PANY (Limited). Capital £1,150,000, in 62,500 shares of £2) each. Under a Guarantee from the Austrian Government, pro ducing a net minimum dividend of 7 per cent. per annum, payable in silver. Provision is made for payment by the contractor, Mr. Brassey, of interest at 6 per cent. per annum during construction. Deposit, £1 on application and £2. on allotment; a further sum of £2 on the Ist of May, after which date no further call will be made for six months. FORII OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. (To be retained by the bankers.) No. To the Directors of the Home and Colonial Assurance Com- pany (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid to your bankers the sum of £ being a deposit of per share on shares of the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that num ber, and I agree to become a member of the Company in re spect of such shares, or in respect of any less number you may allot me; and to pay on allotment the further deposit of £4 per share thereon, and I request that my name may be placed on the register of members for the shares so allotted. 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IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of a n y one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indig.:estion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Their world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. ond 2s. 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances, London and Westminster Bank. Post-ufroe Orders payable at Camber well-park. Address—BoTT and J'Aexsox, "Man of the World" Wine tores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. HOME AND COLONIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, Limited. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that no further APPLI CATIONS for SHARES in this Company wilt be received from the Country after THIS DAY, THURSDAY, the 7th April. By order. Temporary Offices, 1, East India-avenue, London, April 6, 1864. THE CLYDE ENGINEERING AND IRON SHIP BUILDING COMPANY, Limited. (Introduced by the LondeM Financial A scoot ttion.) Capital £500,000, in 10,C00 shares of £5O each. First issue 5,000 shares. Deposit £1 per share on application and £4 on allotment. First call and subsequent calls not exceeding £5 per share each, and an interval of three months between each call. DIRPCTORS. The Right Hon. Lord Claud Hamilton, M.P., Chairman of the Panama, New Zea , and, and Australian Royal Mail Com pany. Admiral the Hon. Sir Montagu Stopford, K.C.8., late Admi ral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard. John Walker, Esq. (Messrs. Walker, How, and Co., lifer chants', Canon-street, E,C., Director of the London Finan cial Association. John Elin, Esq. (Messrs. John Oil and Co., Merchants), 34, Abchurch-lane, Director of the London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate Bank. David Smith, Esq. (Messrs. Smith and Rodger), Ship Builders and Engineers, Glasgow. P. G. Vanderbyl, Esq., 3, Upper Hyde Park-gardens, Direc tor of the English and Scottish Marine Insurance Company. James Reid, Esq., of Calderbank (Messrs. John Stewart and Co., Merchants), Jackson-street, Glasgow. Capt. James Rennie, C. ii., late Contro ler of Marine Affairs, and Marine Secretary to the Government of India. Wm. Hamilton, jun., Esq. (Messrs. David Hamilton and Co., Merchants, Glasgow and Manchester). 14, Park-terrace, Glasgow, Director of the English and Scottish Marine In surance Company. D. Macpherson, Esq., Westbourne-terrace, Hyde Park, London. Jas. Rodger, E.,q. (Messrs. Smith and Rodger, Ship Builders and Engineers), Glasgow. Captain C. Baillie Hamilton, R.N., Director of the Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Royal Mail Company. Robert Walker, Esq. (Messrs. Peter Stewart and Co., Engi neers and Machine Makers), Glasgow. David Carson, Esq. (Messrs. Carson, Warren, and Co., Mer chants), 3, Grosvenor-terrace, Glasgow. E. G. Tinker, Esq. (Messrs. Grinned, Tinker, and Morgan, Shipowners), Leadenhall-street, Director of the London, Adriatic, and Italian Steam Navigation Company. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Dawes and Sons, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, London, E.C. Messrs. Lamonds and 3lacluckie, 36, St. Vincent-place, Glas gow. • • AUDITORS. John Ball, Esq. (Messrs. Quilter, Ball, and Co.), London. John Young, Esq. (Messrs. Coleman, Turquand, Youngs, and Co.), London. William Andersen, Esq., Chartered Accountant, Glasgow. BANKERS. 4, Lombard-street, London. The Mercantile and Ex- 41, Mincing•-lane, Lond Liver -17, B change Bank, Limited, Brown ' s -building,rs, iver -35, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow. The City of Glasgow Bank and Branches. BROKERS. London—Francis Burnand,Esq.,County-chambers, Cornhill. Glasgow —Messrs. Kerr, Anderson, and Brodie. Manchester—itobert M'Ewen, Esq., Bank-street, Exchange. CONSULTING ENGINEERS. 3lessrs, It, B. Bell and D. Miller, Civil Engineers, 4, Both, street, Glasgow. SECRETARIES (PRO TEM.) E. Coleman, Esq., London, Lamond, Esq., Glasgow. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 15, Tokenhouse-yard, London, E.C. ; and 36, St. Vincent place, Glasgow. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. This Company has been formed for the purpose of pur chasing and extending the valuab e and old-established Ship-building and Engineering Business of Messrs. Smith and Rodger, Glasgow, a firm well known on the Clyde, dur ing the last quarter of a century, as successful build -Ts. There is probably no branch of industry which has been more profitable in Scotland during the last few years than inn ship-building, and when the great advantages possessed by Glasgow and its vicinity are considered, the rapid and in creasing expansion of the trade in that neighbourhood is not surprising. The Clyde possesses great advantages, compared with the Thames, in the lesser cost of coals, iron, and wages ; while the skill and industry of the Scotch artisans are universal y acknowledged. Although several Shipbuilding Companies have been established in the vicinity of London and Liverpool, whose operations have been attended with great success, the busi ness on the banks of the Clyde has hitherto been exclusively carried on by private enterprise, and the large fortunes accumulated by Scotch shipbuilders are a guarantee of what might be expected from the working of a Com pany possessing ample means and influential body of Di , rectors. _ A great element in the success of this Company is the fict that there will be a London Board, ready t contrac tor the various and impor ant contracts of the British and Foreign Governments, an i the large Shipping Companies, whose orders are naturally first placed in hand in London, and which are much more likely to be secured by the influence of a metropolitan directory than by the application of a provin cial shipbuilder. he Articles and Memorandum of Association may be in spected at the Solicitors of the Compan-•, Messrs. Dawes and Son, London, and Messrs, Lamond and Macluckie, Glas gow. Prospectuses and Forms of Application may be obtained at the London Financial Association (Limited), Thread needle-street ; the Bankers, Brokers, and Solicitors of the Company, and of Messrs. G. H. and A. T. Jay, 15, Tokenhouse yard. THE CLYDE ENGINEERING AND IRON SHIP SHIP BUILDING COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the LIST of APPLI CATIONS for SHARES in this Company will be CLOSED TO-MORROW (Friday), for London, and on MONDAY, the 11th instant, for the Country. By order, E. COLEMAN, Secretary (pro tern ) Temporary Offices, 15, Tokenhouse-yard, E.C. IrAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN _LA EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption itF effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepares only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-W,lliam-street, Charing cross, London, and by all drugg.sts, in bottles, 13td., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam, The name and address ae. engraved en the stamp. and by their fine tonic, F. AYE'S WORSDELL'S PILLS. —These Pills F . are a purely vcp•etab:e preparation, and may be taken 4 any time by either sex without fear or danger. They act properties, they remove all oppressive accumulations, regulate the secretions of the liver and bowels, Itaye, Esq.. of Prospect Hall, u ar p o o m n a t t h ic e , b a o a w d e a l p s emriieldnity yet effectua strengthen the stomach, and purify the blood. Unlike many remedies, they do not induce liability to take cold or esta blish a necessity for the habitual use of purgativs, and are thus strongly recommended as the BE OT FAMILY MEDICINE. at is lid, 2s 9d, and 45 6d. Wholesale patent PreP Woodford, Essex. Sold by , all chemists and other dealers in a m re e d di s c o in le e l s y , by John Depot, 22, Bread-street, London. RIZE MED A L.-INTERNATIONAL p EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER .t CO., Wax Chandlers, &C., &0., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Es t a blished 1720.) The Jurors' Report on W ax and C h urch Candles , in 1862 . tmeastniurifeascttow!eh.e exce ll en ce of the quality of Messrs. Tuck ers ' A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter address e d t o F ranc i s Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES With PLATTED WICKS, ---- - einal my turn, e e e o r e f l the h -- ____ ____,______ gays:— . turn, I com wmhenicdhtyhoeumgtaovethteheelmer, .t I have found them fully e q ual to the recommendation Finest quality, with latted W icks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality .. • • • • • • .. Is. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CL,NDLES, with a Mixt ure o f W ax. Best quality .. .. • • •• • • .. ls. sd. per lb. Second quality .. • • " • • .. is. 3d. per lb. Third quality .. .. • • • • • • .. is. ld. per lb. g a y n t d or ca t u he sin us Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— , K ens i n gton (Established 1730). The large b " Establishment in England for the Manufacture Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. 44A, MADDOX-STREET, REGENT-STREET, W. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Where may be seen the Asters; Bushman and Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Preparations, ko. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One Shilling (tor Gentlemen only). COMMITTEE OF DIRECTORS, Fending the constitution, ander the provisions of the conces sion, of the Company as a Societe Anonyme. In England— Somerset A. Beaumont. Dq., M.P.I Directors of the Anglo- Frederick Engelhardt, Esq. ) Austrian Bank. J. P. Brown-Westhead. Esq., KR, Deputy-Chairman of the London and North-Western Railway. It Austrip.— 11. A. Prinoe Leo Sarie6,President of the Carl-Ludwig Railway. Count `Vladimir Borkowsd, Director of the Car'.-Ludwig Railway. Charles Klein, Esq., President of the Chamber of Commtrce, Vienna. BANKERS IN LONDON, Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street, E.C. BANKERS IN VIENNA. The Anglo• Austrian Bank. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Blroham, Dalrymple, Drake, and Ward, Parliament street. BROKERS. Messrs, Seymour and Co., 38. Throamorton-street. Messrs. Cazenove and Co., Threadneedle-street. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 54, Old Broad-street. The great Trunk Railway from Vienna, in the direction of the frontier of Moldavia, is at present complete as far as Lemberg. The communtation is effected by means of two lines. The first being the Northern It•lilway, from Vienna to Craco tr ; the second, the Carl-Ludwig Railway, from Craem to Lemberg. The first of these lines pays about 14 per cant. upon its capital. The second was completed only at the end of 1861. but since its opening has paid 8 per cent. upon its capital, and consequently has never required to claim the guarantee of 5 per cent accorded to it by the Austrian Government. The present line is tee continuation from Lemberg to Czernowit z, near the Moldavian frontier. The concession has been granted by the Austrian Government on terms un usually favourable to the company undertaking it. The propos ,, i railway, enter ng into the heart of the grain and cattle-producing district whence the Car.-Ludwig line obtains its most important traffic, and being constructed at a very considerably less cost, promises to be more profitable than its neighbour. The continuance of the line through Mo'davia to Galatz, on the Danube 'for which a concession has recently been granted by the Chambers of the Principalities), must nes sarily add largely to the profits of the Lemberg-Czernowit z Railway, which will thus form an integral tart in an un broken and direct railway communication between the Baltic, the German Ocean, and the Black Sea. The concession, the duration of which is ninety years, sti pulates for the comment. meet of the works previous to the tlth January, 1t 65, an d for their comp letion within three years ; but provisio n is made for exte nsion of these periods in ca.e o t political or financial crisis. The Government guarantee a fixed sum of £1 56 , 000 in silver money as a net annual revenue of the line. The sum thus guaranteed by the Government, after pro viding. for the payment ot interest at 5 per cent. on the Bonds, and for an annual sinking fund, will leave a clear 7 per cent. applicable to the share capital. The sinking fund will be annually applied by lot to the redemption of the Bonds and Shares at par. The proprietors of the Shares thus, from time to time, redeemed will, for each share, receive a certifi cate entitling the bearer to a p ar ticipation, during the re maining term of the concession, in all the profits of the Com pany exceeding 5 per c e nt. on the original capital. A. contract, which will be adopted by the Company, has been entered into by the concessionaires with Mr. Brassey for a sum of £2,450,000. This contract provides for the construction of the rai'way in accordance with the terms of the concession, and for stock esaxmpeenswesithof n a , l e l q in a g im e n t :cc oc t k h . e m i n i g a t a h r y e I co t the Company ; it makes provision for interest during con struction on paid up capital at the rate of 6 per cen . per annum ; and It covers an ample reserve for the expenses of management until the railway shall be opened for public traffic. The concession confers the requisite power to form a So ciete Anonyme with Shares to bearer, whereby the liability of the subscriber will be limited to the amount of 25 per cent of the nominal amount of their Shares. The capital of the Societe Anonym e will be £2,450,000; to be issued, £1,20 , ':,0.)0 in Bonds, and £1,250,00 in Shares of £2O each. The Bonds have already been taken. Preparatory to the formation of the Societe Anonyme (which cannot be definitively constituted according to Aus trian law until 25 per cent, of the share capital has been paid up), the Lemberg-Czernowitz Railway Company has been formed as a limited liability company, the shares in which will be exchanged for Shares or a like denomination in the Societe Anonyme. _ A copy of the Articles of Association, of the concession, and of the statutes under which it is proposed to constitute the Societe Anonyme, can be inspected at the Offices of the Soli citors, 46, Parliament - street. App li c ations for Shares must be made in the annexed form, addressed to the Directors of the Int e rnational Finan cial Society (Limited), and of the Anglo-Austrian Bank, but no application will be considered, unle ss accompan i e d by the r eceipt of Messrs. GIYII, Mills, and or of tee Anglo-.Aus tri i n Bank, Vienna, for LI per Share on the number of Shares applied for. This sum will be returned in the event of the application not being acceded to, and, if an allotment is made, it will be applied towards the payment of £1 per Share then due. LEMBERG-CZERNOW ITZ RAILWAY COMPANY an (Limited). FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To be left with the B kers. No. To the Directors of th p e aid ln t t o e: e a s t a i r o s n . al Financial sad Co., (Limited), and of the Anglo - Austrian Bank. the G esnutmiernofeln'—Having allotted to me in the :being £ 1 per Share Glyn, on Mills, Shares, o L f em £2 b o er e g af c li z , Company (Limited), and I hereby agree to accept such Shares, or any less number, and to become a member of the Colgany, and to have my name respect of the Shares I am. Gentlemen, Your obediedt servant, palllaoctetdedontothmee.Register of Members in N a me in full ewrnhoiwchitzi rßerlvresityraaybe Address in full ... Date ..^- .............. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly, IS OPEN EVERY EVENING. During' the evening an unparalleled repertoire of Dance Music, Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele brated Argyll Band, forty in number. Doors Open at Half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission is. Manager, M. GRENET. The Yorkshire 'Magistrates and the Home Secretary, The partial removal of the Yorkshire Assizes from York to Leeds has given the magistracy of the North and East Ridings, assembled in Quarter Sessions, cause for warmly censuring the course taken in the matter of the Home Secre tary. In the two divisions, on Tuesday, a more than usually large number of magistrates assembled. In the North Rid. ing, under the presidency of Earl Cathcart, Major STAPYLTON called attention to the way in which the magistrates had been treated by the Home Secretary. The Lords-Lieutenant had sought the opinion of the whole of the justices as to the policy of removing part of the busi ness of assize from York, and in the North and East Rid ings an almost unanimous opinion was expressed against such a course, and in the West Riding less than 6ne quarter of the magistrates were in favour of the scheme, the num bers being 59 for, 189 against. The Government inspector, after an inquiry, reported in favour of Wakefield . being made an assize town for the West Riding; but, in the teeth of the justices and the inspector, Government decided in favour of Leeds. He would protest against the way in which their opinions had been sought and then entirely ignored, and would move a resolution that " having, by a large majority, in reply to the question of the Lords-Lieu tenant, at the instance of the Home Secretary, pronounced their opinion against any portion of the assize business being removed from York, and no reason having been given why that opinion was not respected, the magistrates have not been treated with that courtesy and attention, which, as a body, they were fairly entitled to expect. He should propose that a copy of the resolution be forwarded to the Home Secretary. The motion was seconded by Mr. CAYLEY, who thought the Government, at the time of asking their opinions, had already made up its mind to divide the assize business of the Riding, and it seemed to him that the proceeding was a gratuitous insult, more especially as the West Riding had exhibited a preference for Wakefield rather than Leeds. He could only suppose that some private influence had been at work at the Home •office, and thought they ought to ex press their feeling of the insult put upon them. Col. CRO3IPTON said the asking of the magistrates' opin ions waa a perfect mockery if there was no intention of act ing upon them. On the other hand, however, the Hon. Mr. DUNDAS thought it highly inexpedient that the justices should con stitute themselves judges of the conduct of the Home Secre tary. They did not know on what the Home-office had founded its resolve to divide the business, and they were assuming too much in saying that they had been treated cavalierly by the Home Secretary. Without having all the information before them—and they had none of it—they ought not to express an opinion of the conduct of a public functionary who, he believed, endeavoured to discharge his duties to the best of his ability. He would therefore move that the question be not entertained. This amendment was seconded by Lord TEIGNMOITTIL, and supported by Mr. MORRITT, M.P., who said there was evidently some misunderstanding in the matter. The ques. tion was one with which neither the House of Commons nor the justices had aught to do, it being purely within the pre rogative of the Crown. However distasteful it might seem, the Home Secretary had a perfect right to seek their opin ions and not be bound by them. The House of Commons had talked a good deal on the subject, but it soon found itself clearly out of order. The matter was so clearly in the hands of the Home Secretary and the advisers of the Crown that, however indignant they might feel, the best thing to do was to hold their tongues and submit, or the Home Sec retary and the Queen's advisers might show they thought very little a! the opinion of the justices. Sir G. Grey had admitted in the house that he knew the opinion was in fa vour of Wakefield, if at all in favour of removal, but he had decided the question on other grounds. Mr. PENNTMAN thought after this exhibition of courtesy the magistrates in future would not trouble to answer ques tions from the Home-office. Major STAPYLTON, on the impression that the disclusion would answer their purpose, withdrew the resolution, which, he sail, had served thoroughly to elicit the magistrates' opinions on the matter. In the East Riding, under the presidency or Mr, C. W. Strickland, a somewhat different course was taken. Refer ring to the removal of the Assizes to Leeds. Lieut.-Colonel PEASE gave notice that at the Midsummer Sessions he should move that " A large majority of the jus tices of the three Ridings, after being consulted by the Lords•Lieutonant, at the instance of the Home Secretary, as to the propriety of removing a portion of the assize busi ness from York, expressed a decided opinion against any such removal. No explanation of the course taken in oppo sition to that opinion so asked for, and expressed by them, has been furnished by the justices, and under those cir cumstances they submit they have not been treated with the courtesy they have a fair claim to expect. The justices desire to record their sense of this want of consideration towards them, and request the chairman formally to co operate with the chairmen of the North and West Riding Sessions, and to communicate with the Home Secretary on the subject, and to take any other necessary steps." In giving this notice he would express his warm disapproba tion of the way in which the justices had been treated by the Home-office, and he held it due to their position that at the proper time the motion should be adopted. The CHAIRMAN could not see what practical affect the motion could have, but would act as requested, as he felt the Home-office had . not treated the magistrates courteously, State of Trade. CARDIFF, April 6.—A change in the direction of the• wind a few days back has allowed a large num ber of vessels to come up channel, and the docks are now beginning to be very full, while there is also a good fleet in the roadstead. The iron market is in a very firm condition, and the high rates are likely to continue, unless some sudden change take place in our political relations. Bars are quoted £7 15a, at which a brisk trade is being done. Scotch warrants are 58s oash, and 59s to 59a 6d open. Foreign freights still continue high, and vessels of the smaller class are scarce. LEICESTER, 6th.—The hosiery trade is becoming more active now that the holidays are over, and more business is being done at the warehouses. In the rural districts there is not much change. The yarn-market holds firm at high rates, spinners making generally to order. There is a fair amount of business doing in wools, and high prices are realised. NOTTINGHAM, 6th.—There has been rather more doing in lace goods this week. The plain trade has improved a shade. More is doing in Mechlin quil age. Buyers are purchasing rather more freely of cotton goods. There is very little doing in black silk laces and narrow edgings. Silk Nlechlins are still selling freely. There are no stocks of either silk or cotton goods on hand. There is not much change in the hosiery trade ; orders are now on hand both for shipment and for the home market. Yarns are exceedingly firm, and very high in price. Steps are being taken to invite Gen. Garibaldi to Manchester, and a reception committee is in course of for mation, THE MURDER IN CAMBRIDGE. —At the Cambridge borough gaol on Monday, the mayor (Mr 11. 11. Harris), with Mr H. Smitleand Mr C. Balls, were engaged for some hours iss inquiring into the circumstances of this case. ci n the night of Sunday, Feb. 28, the house of two old ladies (a somewhat lone place known as Prospect Cottage) was en tered, and both of these brutally attacked by a man masked and armed with a formidable carving knife and a bludgeon, He then made his escape. A man named Geo rge M orley Wallis, a distant connexion of one of the old ladies, was apprehended on suspicion, the evidence against him being of a strong circumstantial character . Event ua ll y h e was comm itted to the last assizes for assault with intent to murder. The lives of both the old ladies hung trembling in the balance meanwhile, and on the 18th ult., the day before the commission day, one of them (Mrs. Hunt) died. Under these circumstances a postponement of the trial was recom mended by Mr, Justice Crompton, and agreed to by counsel on both sides. His lordship also recommended the magis trates to begin de s novo ; this they accordingly did on Mon day, and after sifting a voluminous mass of evidence com mitted the prisoner Wallis on the capital charge of wilful murder. Wallis exhibited the utmost confidence and self possession. The life of the second victim (Mrs, Walker) is still iu danger, T H 0 X F OR I), 6, OXFORD STREET, W. _ THIS EVENING. will be performed the new and success ful Opera, by M. Guonod, FAUST, embracing the entire company of this establishment, with augmented band and chorus ; and other Musical Entertainments, supported by the following talente6 artistes ; —Misses Russell, Fitz-Henry, almsley ; Messrs. Morley, Tivoli, Green, kc. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. UNSWORTH and EUGENE will make their re-appear ance This Evening. - • - Comedy, by Mr. T. Machrran, W. Randall, G. liutchenson, G. W. Jester, Miss Nelly Power (the juvenile comedienne), SLc., - W . lll shortly be produced, THE MF:II,R,Y WIVES OP WINDSOR, by Otto Nicolai; and THE TWO GENTLE MEN OF VERONA, by Sir Henry Bishop. Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, 18. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBUR , Y HALL. The Fairy Entertainment, entitled PRINCE BLOSSOM IN THE LAND OF SHADOWS! Is written expressly for this establishment by W. F. Vander veil, author of the celebrated " Enchanted Hash," and en ables Mr. Morton, with the aid of Professor Pepper's Optical Illusion (known as the Ghost), to produce effects never before contemplated, and which have all been duly registered by him and Mr. J. H. Weston under the title of " The Ghost in the Magic Fountains." By this xviw arrangement, that which is in reality nothing but a shadow, becomes to all ap pearance endowed with life, and when "Fame" takes her flight through the burning Cataracts, and the Naiads seek their beds in the Crystal Waters, form a coup d'mll of beauty unparalleled even in fairy romance. Prince Blossom (with the Song of all Nations), Miss Townley. The Marvellous Illusion will take place every Evening at half-past Nine o'c'ock. All the wonderful entertainment of the establishment, as Usual, in addition to the above. Admission—Area, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, is. Open every Evening. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.- TRITJMPHANT SUCCESS of the NEW CIRQUE, acknowledged to be the best ever produced in England. Grand MORNING PERFORMANCE Every Wednesday and Sa'urday, at Two. Evening at Half-past Seven o'clock. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.-- The greatest FEMALE RIDER of the Age, Mdlle. LOUISE LOISSETT. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.- Brilliant Equestrian Scene, by Three Young Ladies, "THE RIDE FOR THE RIBBON." MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street RECENT ADDlTlONS.—President Lincoln and Presi dent Davis; Ancient Effigies of Henry INT. and his Queen Joan, in magnificent costumes of the period (1309); and in the Chamber of Physiognomy is a full-length model of Geo. Victor Townley. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. Admittance, Is. ; extra rooms, 6d. T HE NATIONAL SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL BUST. By FELIX M. MILLER, Professor of Sculpture, Govern ment School of Art, published under the special sanction of the National Shakespeare and Stratford-on-Avon Tercente- nary Committees, by HOWELL, JAMES, and CO. Copies will be issued, in the order of registration, to sub scribers only, and are executed in— Wedgwood Ceramic Statuary, 12 in. high, price One Guinea. French Terra Cotta 15 „ One Guinea. Bronze 8 „ „ Three Guineas Subscribers' names received by the agents in London and Wet provincial towns (where copies of the Bust may be seen), or by the publishers, HOWELL, JAMES, and Co., Goldsmiths, &e., By appointment to the Queen and Prince and Princess of Wales, b, 7, and 9, REGENT-STREET, LONDON. Photographs and prospectuses forwarded post free on ap plication. TEETH _Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following advantages i—A set or teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, fn a few hours, without pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are Quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining' Mr. Eskell's Patent, dm, free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations iree. —B,G ro svenor street, Bond-street, W. ; Pi 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. BEDROOM CANDLES. TRICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop crease when carried."—Thin, very hart candles, sold in boxes ls. and 3s. each, are recommende 1 as the best carriers. "EXTRA HARD 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES," sold in boxes 20. each. Thicker candles intended for those who will not barn thin. "SHERWOOD ECONOMIC BED LIGHTS," in packets of 36 candles for one shilling , intended for use w h ere cheapness is a great object, will be found an improve ment on the ordinary candles, as they gutter less. Spec ial candle ticks to fit thin . candles, is. and 2s. fid. each ; . reduc i n g sockets, making them fit an y candlesticks, 2d each. TOILET SOAPS, Sherw ood Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent. Be l m ont Glycerine Soap, contains Price's Glycerine. Camphor and Glycerine Soap, for tender skins in winter. GLYCERINE. SHERWOODOLE "Price's Glycerine" may be Cleans gloves and removes had from any Chemist, in grease and other stains. =oi l e d bottles, lettered Perfumed, in capsuled bot " Pries Patent," from pd.. tles, Gd. and ls. each. upwards. Impure Gl) cerine has been sold on the state ment that it is "equal to Prices." Retail through any Grocer. Wholesale by Price p Patent Caudle Company (Limited), London. THE ORIGINAL ROYAL BUCKINGHAM SAUCE, for Roast Meat, Rashes, Gravies, Stews, Steaks, Soups, Fish, Game, &c. Prepared only by the proprietors, Taos. BUCK and Co., 10, Bath-place, Dalaton, London, N.E. t d NE S E ANTHROPOLOGIC QL 4C , E. ' T)Z% - There was an r Tuesday evening—the president, tt r ,...4. the chair—at which two papers were re x' byitte Rev. F. W. Farrar; the first one " Oa the asserted Universality of Belief in God and a Future State," and the second "On Hybridity." In the first piper Mr. Farrar endeavoured to show, by reference to the statements of travellers among various savage people, that there are not only isolated tribes, but whole nations, who live with no knowledge of their Creator, and he considered that the opposite o4nion had been often needlessly paraded as an evidence of religion. He adverted to the statements of different travellers respecting the Australians, the Kaffirs, the Esqul maux, the Andamaners, and the Veddahs of Ceylon, in confirmation of that opinion, for among those savages there had not been observed any objects of worship—no idols, nor temples, nor anything in the shape of religion to distinguish them from the beasts. The belief in the existence of some un known power was not sufficient, Mr. Farrar ob served, to prove belief in a Supreme Being, for even animals have a consciousness of the existence of some superior unseen power; and he mentioned the case of a dog that refused to enter a wood that was avoided by the inhabitants in the neighbourhoed, because it was reputed to be haunted. Dr. Hunt, Mr. Reddie, Mr. Fraser, Mr. W a l e lace, Mr. Bendysche, and the Rev. Mr. Kerr entered into the discussion that succeeded, i n which doubt was thrown on the testimony of travellers on such a matter, in consequence of their imperfect acquaintance with the language of the natives. Mr. D. Kerr mentioned that, in the discharge of his clerical duties in Liverpool and at the East-end of London, he had not un frsquently found persons who had litt:e idea of a Supreme Being, and he thought it could scarcely be expected that the belief in a Creator of the Universe should be universally enter teintel amoug savage nations, when it was found that meny even in this Christian country had little idea of a Sod. In the next paper on " Human Hybridity," he contended that the assumptions that the fertility of hybrids is proof of the unity of species, and that the union of all varieties of the human race produce an offspring continuously fertile, are both highly dis putable, if not erroneous. The assumption of fer tility as a criterion of species he considered to have exercised an unfavourable influence on science, and he adduced several instances to show that such a definition of species could not be relied on. He adopted the opinion of Professor Agassiz, that the differences existing between races of men are of the same kind as the differ* ences observed *between the different families, genera, and species of monkeys or other animals With regard to the second proposition, he adopted the opinions of M. Pouchet, that no mixed race can exist of itself, and that, when two races come in con tact, either one absorbs the other, or they continue unchanged side by side, el ith a third inferior and less numerous set of half-castes. Several instances were adduced in support of these opinions, among which was the fact that the Mamelukes could never propagate their race in Egypt, and the evidence of practical physicians that mulattoes have a special tendency to consumption and ether diseases which causes them soon to die. From these considerations Mr. Farrar arrived at the conclusion that the human race sprang from a diversity of original pairs; and he contended that all who refuse to accept the de velopment theory of Mr. Darwin must be driven to the same conclusion. An animated discussion took place, in which Pro fessor Vogt, Mr. Wallace, Mr. Bendysche, Mr. Reddie, and the President took part. Mr. FRASER then read a communication he had received from Mr. Anthony, from the Bight of Benin, on the mental capacity of the negro, in which he gave a deplorable account of the degraded state of the negroes in the interior. The writer expressed very strong opinions respecting them. According to him they are utterly incapable of being civilised, they are cannibals of the worst kind, they possess vices the lowest and most ferocious, they have none of the virtues of humar.ity, and are scarcely supe ror to brutes. In the discussion that followed, Mr. REDDIE and Dr. TURLE objected to the spirit of the communica tion, many parts of which they thought should be omitted if the letter were printed in the transactions of the society. The meeting then adjourned to the 19th inst. Destructive Fire near Grosvenor-square. Shortly before four o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out on the premises of Messrs. Du Barry and Ca., revalenta arabica food importers, in George. street, Grosvenor-square. So sudden was the out break that the police on duty in the neighbour hood were not cognisant of the danger till the atmosphere became lighted up by the flames. The interior of the premises in question was found then to be on fire from the basement to the roof, and flames were issuing from all the windows at the back. Captain Shaw, as soon as a supply of water ' could be procured:gram the plugs, arranged the branchmen in different points where a full com mand of the fire could be obtained, and eventually succeeded in stopping it from farther progressing. but it was nearly six o'clock before the fire was completely extinguished. The following is the official report of the fire brigade. The premises of Messrs. Du Barry and Co., revalenta arabica food importers, machine rooms, tins department,and filling room of the manufactory burned down and roof destroyed; steam mills, stove house, carpenter's shops, and other part of the establishment severally burnt and damaged. The property was insured in the Sun and Alliance Fire-offices. Houses damaged in George-street, No. 6, Mr. J. Worth, private, back portion damaged ; No. 7, let out in tenements, back windows burnt out and contents damaged by fire and removal ; No. 8, let out in tenements, back part partially burnt ; No. 9, Mr. B. Hatchman Turner, back rooms burnt out, roof and staircase severely damaged by fire ; No. 10, let out in tenements, back portion partially consumed ; Nos. 14 and 15, Western Brewery Company, side wall and roof damaged by fire. No. 1, North-row, Mr. Craker, coachbuildei, some of the carriages damaged. North Andley street, St. Mark's Church, stained glass window over altar broken and altar-piece damaged by fire. THE SHEFFIELD INUNDATION.—DISCOVERY OF MORE BODlE‘.—Fivo more bodies have been discovered. Two bodies of adults were found on Saturday afternoon behind the old brewery at Neepsend. On Sunday the body of a girl, about three years of age, was found in some gar dens at Neepsend. None of these bodies have yet been identified. On Sunday, the body of an old woman was found floating in the river Don, at Kilnhurst. It is believed to be that of an old woman named Whittington, carried on her bed out of Waterloo.houses, near Neepsend B r idge. Ti le fifth body, that of a man about 35 years of age, was found a 3 t o D bo o d n i c e a s s m ter is o si n n g.. Sunday evening. Th ere are still nearly THE LONDON COAL TRADE.—The quantity of coal, &c., conveyed into the various coal depots in the metropolis per railway during the month of March last was 186,874 tons, against 156,255 tons 9 cwt for the corre sponding month of 1563. Of this tonnage the London and North-Western is entered for 76,787 tons 7 cwt; the Great Northern, 62,693 tons 9 cwt; Great Eastern, 13,615 tons 9 cwt ; Great Western, 11,985 tons ; Midland, 11,659 tons 16 cwt ; South-Eastern, 6,725 tons 16 cwt ; South-Western 3,038 tons 19 cwt; Chatham and Dover, 379 tons 4 cwt; and the Tilbury and Southend, 89 tons. The canal supply has been 903 tons 15 cwt,, against 756 tons 15 cwt for March, 1863. For the three months ending 31st Match last not less than 569,701 tons 17 cwt were entered per railway, against 447,861 tons 8 ewt for the first quarter of 1863, cr an increase of 118,810 tons 9 cwt. 0, seaborne there have come to hand as follows :—Newcastle, 101,090 tons, in 231 ships—Sunderland, 84,696 tons, in 205 ships— Hartlepool and West Hartlepool, 58,739 tons, in 207 ships —Seaham, 18,666 tons, in 74 ships—Middlesborough, 8,762 tons, in 26 ships—Blyth, 1,370 tons, in five flips— from Scotland, 1,b50 tons, in eight ships—from Wales, 5,939 tons, in 19 ships--from Yorkshire, 1,300 tons, in nine ships, 1,937 tons of small coal in three ships, ano l 1,259 tons of cinders in 11 ships—also 16 tons Duff coal. The total for the month shows 288,324 tons against 288,429 tons for the month of March, 1863. From the Ist of Jan. usry to the 31st March, 1564, 865,154 tons in 2,386 ships came to hand, against 887,727 tons in 2,601 ship, i n the first three months of 1863, being a decline of 22,573 tons and 265 ships this year. The total supply of railway, canal, and seaborne coal to London for the three months of the present year has been 1,464,289 tons 17 cwt., against ,2 showing an excess of no 'ea less than3l 01t257963 cBznt,sltrit cwt.r,